Steal a name from Steve Martin:  The Opti-grab.

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From: Bruce.Barrett <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: The heavy binocular


>BP design competition:
>
>Perspecto Correcto glasses! Folks! Finally, see your own hometown the way
>those fat cat architects intended! With our patented, rose-coloured
>prismatic correction system built into these lightweight eyeglass clipons,
>you will see each and every building like you were standing across the
>street, without even looking up! You will be stunned!
>
>
>                "I'd like a slide show."
>
>                >> How many images show us what people really see from the
>sidewalk?
>                >
>                >Though the Empire State can be difficult to recognize from
>sidewalk level,
>                you
>                >can be in a lot of places around NYC and recognize it. I
>make a practice of
>                >taking pictures of the Empire State & World Trade from the
>rooftops of all
>                the
>                >other buildings that I get to visit, framing the better
>known landmarks in
>                the
>                >water towers, cornices, parapets, and vertical walls of
the
>urban
>                landscape.
>                >What I know best of NY is what you get from the rooftop of
>a 12 story
>                >building, not from the sidewalks. On the sidewalks you
have
>people, and in
>                the
>                >streets you have vehicles. There are fewer people
wandering
>around on the
>                >roofs and only the noise of the vehicles.
>                >
>                >][<en